New Page Type: Best Practices

  • Resolved harryshawk

    (@harryshawk)


    7 years, 10 months ago

    @cybr
    For my #podcast (talkingAboutEverything.com)

    I’m going to add a transcript page (for many of the episodes); 1:1 – A specific transcript for a specific episode.

    I’m seeking the best practices from SEO prospective.

    1. Is it better as a page or custom post type?
    2. Re: https://schema.org/transcript – how best to implement? should I ask PowerPress to support? or through LD+JSON, etc.
    3. Adding a transcript section to the site map?
    4. What else am I missing?

    Harry

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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi Harry,

    To get right to it:

    1. Users first. So put it on the same page as the podcast is shown. This can be done through custom fields (postmeta), or right within the editor. Otherwise the user has to open two windows/tabs to read with the transcript. Don’t separate the otherwise bound content.

    2. You could ask PowerPress, but it yields no value. Google has no set standard to listen to it. Schema.org is a collective guideline, Search Engines and other websites may choose to listen to their guidelines. But for now, Google doesn’t in regards to transcripts.
    If anything, it should wrap the content (see 1.) with the appropriate XML tags in RFDa.

    3. See 1., so no action is required.

    4. I can only tell when you’re done ??

    I hope this helps! Cheers ??

    Thread Starter harryshawk

    (@harryshawk)

    @cybr
    There are lot of folks in the Podcast community to feel that transcripts do not add value to the user.

    That is why I want to put onto their own page. Also, I will not be spending $$ to get transcripts for every post — so some would have them and others would.

    That is to say I feel f

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi Harry,

    Unfortunately, I see your message got cut short. But, let’s continue regardless.

    Yes, the transcripts are mainly meant to be for the deaf, and the amount of deaf podcast listeners is significantly insignificant. We’ve already concluded that Google is deaf: so it loops back to become more significant, regardless.

    However, I do really understand that transcripts are super resource-intensive and/or time consuming.
    Some might say that just “notes” or “points of reference” are better for both Google and the User. It might be super useful for you to try this out and see what combination ranks better whilst comparing related talks and/or guests.

    But I digress, I’d certainly recommend putting more readable data out on the set pages. External pages (as said earlier) will lead to confusion and thusly lower quality content.

    What might be helpful is the use of tabs, but that’s totally up to you to decide.
    Ultimately, I stand by my advice against splitting the same content up in multiple pages.

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